NFC East gets wise, looks to the line

Summary of 4 articles · Updated Apr 27, 2013

For the NFC East though–there better not be. We'll be breaking this all down for days and weeks and months, but here's a quick early look at the way the 2013 draft went in the NFC East. As you can see, the rest of the NFC East is already trailing the Burg… (more)undy and Gold. They are medicine, ordered with a purpose by teams that have figured out where they're lacking and that they all need to muscle up in the short-term and long-term. I am of the belief and have written at length on this blog that one of the main reasons the NFC East is in a down cycle is division-wide offensive line decay. And yes, the division is down. And while that had something to do with the oddity of a first round that included one quarterback, no running backs and nine offensive lineman, it also says a lot about how badly this division as a whole needs to address this long-neglected need.

NFC East draft analysis

The draft started off heavy in the NFC East, as the three teams with first-round picks this year used them on offensive linemen. And while there were a few little surprises and treats along the way, it never really got hot. All four of the division's te…

NFC North draft analysis

How top-heavy was the 2013 draft in the NFC North? We welcomed more players in the first round (six) than in the second and third rounds combined (four), the result of two big trades. With the 2013 affair basically in the books, let's take a closer look…

Predicting The 2013 NFC East Champions

(AP Photo) Last week when the schedule was released, did you instantly dissect each matchup and tally the number of wins for the 2013 campaign? Did you look at the 16 games and ask yourself how many playoff bound teams the Burgundy and Gold will face? F…